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3.00 Credits
Foundations of health information management, the Health Information Management profession, including health care systems and organization of HIM functions, data quality, access and retention, patient and healthcare data and data collection methodologies. Discussion of classification systems, clinical vocabularies and nomenclatures. Two classroom, two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: Approval of Department
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1.00 Credits
Introduction to principles and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD-10 and Prerequisite: CPT codes to patient encounter for billing physician services. Students should possess proficiency in basic medical terminology. Prerequisite: HIM 1101
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1.00 Credits
An overview of the major drug classifications, common drugs in each class, conditions for which drugs are administered and their general effects to assist medical coders in analyzing health care documentation for coding and reimbursement applications. Prerequisite: HIM 1101 and BIO 1107 or BIO 1121 or BIO 1141
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD- 10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to patient encounters for physician services. Additional out-of-class assignments are required. Prerequisite: HIM 1101 and BIO 1121
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2.00 Credits
Evaluation of health care records as legal documents; special emphasis on policies and procedures concerning release of medical information and protecting patient confidentiality; principles and organization of the judicial system; health care fraud and abuse and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. Ethical issues in health care settings addressed. One classroom, two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DEV 0012
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3.00 Credits
Organization and operation of a hospital cancer program emphasizing registry case finding, accession, indexing, abstracting and follow-up of cancer data. Purposes, uses and handling of health information, departmental and facility administration, licensing and accreditation requirements and introduction to payment systems in long-term care and home health care. Prerequisite: HIM 1110 and Restricted to Majors
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to principles, guidelines and conventions for assigning ICD-9-CM or ICD- 10-CM diagnostic codes and CPT procedure codes to patient encounters for outpatient facility services. Students should possess proficiency in basic medical terminology and human anatomy and physiology. Additional out-of-class assignments are required. Three classroom, two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: HIM 1201 and Restricted to Majors
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3.00 Credits
Organization and analysis of data in health care quality programs including quality assessment and monitoring, utilization and risk management and medical staff credentialing. Theory and application of health care statistics including data definitions, computation of formulae and research principles. Two classroom, two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: HIM 1110 and BIS 1120 and MAT 1130 or Prerequisite: MAT 1270 and Restricted to Majors
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3.00 Credits
Planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting and analysis of management systems along with job standards and performance evaluations emphasizing development of supervisory management, leadership and communication skills. Two classroom, two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: HIM 1110 and BIS 1120
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3.00 Credits
Organization of health care delivery system including managed care and capitation. Theory and use of reimbursement systems such as Diagnostic Related Groups, Ambulatory Payment Classifications, Resource-based Relative Value Scale. Discussion of data flow from admission to billing and analysis of casemix. In addition, other external forces, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Recovery Audit Contractors, will be discussed. Two classroom, two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: HIM 1110 and HIM 1201 and Restricted to Majors
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